IFOAM EU seminars at BioFach 2012
This year IFOAM EU Group will again be organising several workshops and seminar sessions during the BioFach 2012, 15-18 February 2012, in Nuremburg, Germany - with topics ranging from the EU regulation for organic food and farming, to GMO policies and climate, aquaculture, CAP, the research platform TP Organics and organic processing.
The overview of all IFOAM EU events at BioFach can be found on our BioFach webpage.
You are welcome to meet a delegation of the IFOAM EU office team at the IFOAM stand. Please visit the IFOAM EU webpage for more information regarding workshops and seminars.
50
years of the European Agricultural Policy: Time for change say civil society
groups
Brussels, 23/01/2012 – The European Commission launches its 50th anniversary
of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) campaign today. However with farmers
and biodiversity disappearing, hunger and social inequalities increasing and
food safety compromised, civil society groups, including IFOAM EU Group, are calling on the European
Institutions to use the ongoing CAP reform to undertake a radical overhaul to
make it “fit for the next 50”.
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Early bird registration now available!
The 6th European Organic Congress in Denmark
is taking place at a crucial point in time for the debate on the future Common
Agricultural Policy (CAP). The Congress “Smart change - towards a sustainable
CAP” addresses the policy change needed to reach a greener, smarter, fairer
future CAP, improve the availability of sustainably produced food for consumers
and to ensure the credibility of certification for sustainable farm systems...
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Backpedalling by Environment Council short
sighted:
Biodiversity objectives must be part of a reformed CAP
Brussels
20/12/2011 – EU Environment Ministers yesterday adopted conclusions on the EU
Biodiversity Strategy to 2020. The IFOAM EU Group condemns the compromise
decision by the Ministers to remove calls in the Strategy for biodiversity
objectives to be integrated into the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). This has
set a dangerous precedent as the EU attempts to raise the environmental
performance of agriculture and steer European food and farming towards a more
ecologically sustainable future.
Full press release available here
Smart change - towards a sustainable CAPOrganic and high nature value farming shaping future food systems
Copenhagen, Denmark 17-18 April 2012
The IFOAM EU Group, in cooperation with
Organic Denmark, announces the 6th European Organic Congress in
Copenhagen, Denmark, 17th-18th of April 2012. With 200 participants expected, including
high-level speakers from the European Commission, the European Parliament and
the European organic sector,the 6th European Organic
Congress will take place at a crucial point in time for the debate on
the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
The IFOAM EU Newsletter is Now Available!
No space for fraud in organic production: tighter controls are bearing
fruitBrussels,
08/12/2011 –The Italian police arrested seven people, including
executives from three agro-business companies accused of having committed fraud
by intentionally selling conventional products as organic, with 2,500 tons of
products confiscated. The IFOAM EU Group condemns this fraudulent and
criminal activity and welcomes the conclusion of the two-year police
investigation, conducted with the cooperation of the organic sector in Italy,
which has brought to justice the individuals who have deliberately deceived the
public and criminally manipulated the rigorous checks and controls that are in
place in the organic inspection and certification system.
Full press release available here
We’ve had enough!(Wir haben es satt!) - Farms instead of agribusiness Protest in BerlinSat, 01/21/2012
11:30, Berlin | |
Industrial agriculture has led
to dioxin scandals, genetic engineering in food and animal suffering in mega
stables. It exacerbates hunger crises, climate change and is causing farms to
die out, leaving cleared land and monoculture.
Each year the EU and the
German government support this industry with billions of Euros in
subsidies. With the key decisions for agricultural policy in 2020
currently being made, the chance to change current practice has never been so
great. So far however the federal government has blocked real reform.
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Resource Efficiency Conference photos now available
